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Kanji艸
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艸

艸 in Japanese names

grass, plants, grass radical (no. 140)

Strokes6
ClassificationUnclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field
KANJIDIC grade—
Name readings (nanori)0
JMnedict source rows80
Distinct written forms71
Given-name readings26
Surname readings44

These are counts inside the imported JMnedict corpus, not population-frequency or popularity estimates.

On readings
ソウ
Kun readings
くさ
Name readings (nanori)
No value in the loaded record
Character glosses

English glosses recorded for 艸

grassplantsgrass radical (no. 140)

These glosses describe the character. They do not by themselves establish the intended meaning of every full personal name containing it.

Name-use context

How 艸 appears inside recorded Japanese names

The readings below are readings of the whole recorded name form. They are not an attempt to isolate how 艸 itself is pronounced inside a multi-kanji spelling.

Given names17 written forms
1 character0
2 characters15
3 characters2
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 艸 within the main given names corpus.

Surnames30 written forms
1 character1
2 characters29
3 characters0
4+ characters0

Distinct source-recorded written forms containing 艸 within the main surnames corpus.

Recorded given-name forms and full-name readings

12 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
三艸子みさこMisako107
艸太郎そうたろうSōtarō69
艸介そうすけSōsuke35
艸史そうしSōshi25
艸子そうしSōshi25
艸果そうかSōka20
千艸ちぐさChigusa19
艸平そうへいSōhei19
艸太そうたSōta13
艸人そうじんSōjin10
艸舟そうしゅうSōshū9
艸雨そううSoū9

Recorded surname forms and full-name readings

10 examples
Written formFull-name readingRomanization aidGroup spellings
艸加くさかKusaka19
艸香くさかKusaka19
艸楽さがらSagara15
艸薙くさなぎKusanagi14
井艸いぐさIgusa8
生艸いぐさIgusa8
艸分くさわけKusawake7
艸場くさばKusaba7
艸葉くさばKusaba7
天艸あまくさAmakusa6

“Group spellings” is the number of source-recorded spellings attached to that canonical reading group. It measures corpus depth, not population popularity.

Position profile

Where 艸 appears in recorded name spellings

Position counts are calculated from source-recorded JMnedict forms included in the public reference. A spelling containing the same kanji more than once can contribute to more than one position category, so the position counts are not percentages and do not need to sum to the total.

Given names17 source rows
One-character form0
First character12
Final character4
Internal position1

17 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Surnames33 source rows
One-character form2
First character13
Final character18
Internal position0

30 distinct written forms represented in this indexed subset.

Literal co-occurrence

Kanji recorded alongside 艸

These characters occur with 艸 inside the same published JMnedict written-form records. A companion is highlighted only after at least two distinct written forms; this is corpus co-occurrence, not popularity or proof of a fixed semantic compound.

Name discovery

Other names using 艸

These groups come directly from source-recorded JMnedict forms containing this character. Ordering reflects coverage inside the imported corpus, not real-world popularity.

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Character data and name data stay separate

KANJIDIC2 supplies the readings, nanori, stroke count, frequency field, grade classification and English character glosses. JMnedict supplies the example personal-name records. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for current child-name character rules.

Source boundary

KANJIDIC2 supplies the character metadata. The jōyō/jinmeiyō grade interpretation is a reference layer; the Ministry of Justice remains the controlling official source for child-name character rules. Example names are imported from JMnedict.

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